Chapter Summaries

Blood Sword Demon God and five other World Gods ambushed Ninth Divine Lord for his treasures, leaving him close to death despite his protective artifacts. Xiao Yan arrived at the last moment, blasting apart two attackers as Ninth Divine Lord called for rescue.

• Blood Sword Demon God chose to ambush Ninth Divine Lord instead of confronting Xiao Yan, and ordered the other five Demon Gods to kill him quickly.
• Ninth Divine Lord found a vein containing about three hundred thousand Origin Crystals and began mining it with his nine newborn gods.
• The six Demon Gods sprang their trap, killed the nine newborn gods, and forced Ninth Divine Lord to rely on a protective treasure and his golden armor.
• Ninth Divine Lord called for help, and Xiao Yan promised to arrive within one breath while the ambush continued to wear down his defenses.
• Xiao Yan arrived and blasted apart two World Realm Demon Gods, while Ninth Divine Lord cried out, “Flame Emperor, save me!”

Xiao Yan arrived in time to save Ninth Divine Lord from six World Realm Demon Gods, then overwhelmed their combined attack and struck down Blood Sword Demon God with his Flame God Ruler. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan pursuing Blood Sword Demon God and another ruler strike engulfing him in crimson light.

• Xiao Yan struck the four Demon Gods attacking Ninth Divine Lord, forcing them back and allowing Ninth Divine Lord to escape.
• Blood Sword Demon God abandoned the ambush and prepared to leave with the other Demon Gods, but Xiao Yan stopped them and challenged all six at once.
• The six Demon Gods attacked together, but Xiao Yan's Flame Furnace deflected their attacks without harming him.
• Xiao Yan summoned his enormous black ruler and unleashed the Flame God Ruler, severely injuring Blood Sword Demon God and shattering his Blood Refinement Divine Weapon.
• Blood Sword Demon God recognized that Xiao Yan's Great Dao of Fire had reached perfection and tried to flee, but Xiao Yan pursued him and launched another ruler strike.

Xiao Yan killed Blood Sword Demon God and five other peak World Realm Demon Gods, establishing himself as a Quasi Creation God in the Ancient Treasure Great World. After collecting their wealth, he announced a discounted auction in three months, prompting excitement among the Righteous Path and alarm among the Demonic Path.

• Xiao Yan killed Blood Sword Demon God with a ruler strike, and the remaining five World Realm Demon Gods fled in terror.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of Space to strike down the fleeing Demon Gods, overcoming one survivor's protective treasure and killing all six.
• Ninth Divine Lord thanked Xiao Yan, treated him as a future Creation God, and joined the other observers in recognizing his overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Yan examined the six Demon Gods' treasures and found their combined value approached fifty million Source Crystals, though only five million were ready currency.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would hunt Demon Gods for three months and then auction their treasures at a twenty-percent discount in the Luochen Mountains.
• Righteous Path deities welcomed the auction announcement, while it stirred alarm throughout the Demonic Path Faction.

Xiao Yan slaughtered the Demonic Path squads in the Ancient Treasure Great World, earning the name Flame Demon God, and gathered forty million Origin Crystals. As he prepared to enter seclusion to advance toward the Creation God realm, he arrived at the Ancient Treasure Abyss.

• After Xiao Yan left the Ninth Divine Lord in charge of his Nascent Gods, he killed five more World Realm Demon Gods and dozens of Nascent Gods over the next three months.
• The Hidden Turtle Demon God warned the remaining Demonic Path Demon Gods that Xiao Yan had torn Li Geng Demon God apart and refined his corpse into blood pills, so they hid and began calling Xiao Yan the Flame Demon God.
• In the Luochen Mountains, Xiao Yan auctioned off unwanted spoils, received thirty million Origin Crystals, and rewarded the Nascent God who managed the sale with one hundred and thirty thousand.
• The Dark Bone Divine General confronted the First Divine Lord over Xiao Yan's intervention, while the First Divine Lord defended sending a Quasi Creation God into the Ancient Treasure Great World.
• Xiao Yan, holding forty million ready Origin Crystals, told his followers not to disturb him during his coming seclusion and arrived at the Ancient Treasure Abyss.

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Treasure Abyss to reach the collapsing World Origin, where he defeated its demonic guardians and confronted Ancient Treasure Emperor’s remnant will. He began advancing toward the Creation Realm, and his breakthrough drew the attention of allies and enemies outside the world.

• Xiao Yan descended into the Ancient Treasure Abyss and found the cracked World Embryo leaking the Ancient Treasure Great World’s source qi.
• Xiao Yan killed nine Hell Ancient Serpents and three peak Nascent God Destruction Demon Gods before facing Ancient Treasure Emperor’s remnant will.
• Ancient Treasure Emperor attacked Xiao Yan, who evaded the strike and explained that the remnant will’s power weakened beyond its range of control.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Chaos Furnace and used forty million Origin Crystals to begin his breakthrough.
• Three months later, Xiao Yan’s aura reached the Creation God level, while Dark Bone Divine General received an order to kill him with Blood Demon once he left the Ancient Treasure Great World.

Xiao Yan advanced to the middle Creation God stage and defeated Ancient Treasure Emperor’s remaining will, proving his strength and earning the Ancient Treasure Great World’s World Origin. As the world began collapsing and Dark Bone Divine General watched from outside, Xiao Yan began absorbing the immense source energy to restore his cultivation.

• Dark Bone Divine General learned from Great Skeleton Demon God that Blood Demon General and Asura Great Demon God had come to help kill Xiao Yan, whose potential threatened the Demon Gods.
• Xiao Yan refined all forty million Source Crystals, reached the middle Creation God stage, and challenged Ancient Treasure Emperor to prove he deserved the Great World’s origin.
• Xiao Yan and Ancient Treasure Emperor fought with late Creation God-level power, shaking the Ancient Treasure Great World and alarming its deities, Dark Bone Divine General, and First Divine Lord.
• Xiao Yan pierced Ancient Treasure Emperor’s source-energy body, and Ancient Treasure Emperor approved of his strength before his final will dispersed and entrusted him with the World Origin.
• The Ancient Treasure Great World’s source energy began leaking rapidly, so Xiao Yan urged the deities to condense Source Crystals while he entered the World Origin.
• Xiao Yan expanded his Chaos Furnace and began devouring the World Origin, expecting to regain the peak Creation God stage.

Xiao Yan refined nearly all the Ancient Treasure Great World’s origin into 2.87 billion Source Crystals, causing the world to collapse after he ordered the gods to leave. As he emerged from the ruin, Dark Bone Divine General and another attacker launched a surprise assault.

• Xiao Yan reached the peak of the Creation God realm and spent the remaining year and a half refining the Ancient Treasure Great World’s origin into Source Crystals.
• As Xiao Yan drained the World Origin, the source qi dwindled and the Ancient Treasure Great World’s collapse accelerated.
• Xiao Yan amassed 2.87 billion Source Crystals, then warned the Righteous Path Deities and Demon Gods to leave before the world collapsed.
• The Ancient Treasure Great World broke apart into countless fragments as the gods watched from outside.
• Dark Bone Divine General attacked Xiao Yan with a massive bone spear, while another assailant sent a blood-red dragon formed from thousands of shuttles against him.

Xiao Yan revealed peak Creation God strength and fought the Blood Demon General while the First Divine Lord occupied the Dark Bone Divine General. Just as the battle intensified, the Asura Great Demon God launched a devastating surprise attack, but Yuan Zun, Zhou Yuan intervened and blocked it.

• The Blood Demon General and Dark Bone Divine General ambushed Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan used the Flame God Ruler to stop both attacks and reveal his peak Creation God strength.
• Xiao Yan battled the Blood Demon General while the First Divine Lord fought the Dark Bone Divine General, and their clash destroyed the Ancient Treasure Great World.
• Xiao Yan gradually gained a slight advantage over the Blood Demon General, whose perfected Dao of Slaughter and weapons still made him difficult to defeat.
• The Asura Great Demon God sent a powerful blood-red blade-light toward Xiao Yan, threatening to kill him with a surprise attack.
• Yuan Zun, Zhou Yuan emerged from the void and struck the blade-light with his dragon tail, protecting Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan survived an assassination attempt when Yuan Venerable Zhou Yuan, the Great Thousand Emperor, and the Xuan Yuan Emperor intervened against the Asura Great Demon God and the Great Skeleton Demon God. The Xuan Yuan Emperor then killed the Dark Bone Divine General, while the demon gods retreated with Xiao Yan still alive.

• The Asura Great Demon God attacked Xiao Yan, but Yuan Venerable Zhou Yuan confronted him with his sacred dragon power.
• The Great Skeleton Demon God ambushed Xiao Yan, but the Great Thousand Emperor redirected his bone spear and the Xuan Yuan Emperor joined the fight.
• The Xuan Yuan Emperor and the Great Thousand Emperor overwhelmed the Great Skeleton Demon God, forcing the Asura Great Demon God and the demon forces to retreat.
• The Xuan Yuan Emperor trapped the Dark Bone Divine General and his subordinates in his water domain, killing the weaker devil generals.
• The Xuan Yuan Emperor struck the Dark Bone Divine General with ten thousand divine swords and killed him.

After the battle, Xiao Yan joined Xuan Yuan Emperor in his territory and revealed that he planned to settle an old grudge before breaking through to the Dao Unification Realm. He arrived at Night Owl Great World to take revenge on Night Owl World God, and his challenge rang across the world.

• Xuan Yuan Emperor killed Dark Bone Divine General and annihilated the Demon Gods fleeing the battlefield, while Great Skeleton Demon God and Asura Great Demon God retreated.
• Xuan Yuan Emperor, Great Thousand Emperor, and Zhou Yuan welcomed Xiao Yan’s imminent breakthrough and agreed that his secrets posed no threat to the Righteous Path Faction.
• Xiao Yan told Xuan Yuan Emperor he intended to kill Sun Devouring Demon God, Night Owl World God, and Huang Ye World God, and Xuan Yuan Emperor allowed him to act within his territory.
• Xiao Yan recalled how the three World Gods had destroyed Flame Heaven World, where Flame Heaven Great Emperor had died protecting its inhabitants, and how one fragment became the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Night Owl Great World and called Night Owl World God out of his divine hall.

Xiao Yan avenged the Flame Heaven World by killing the Night Owl World God and the Huang Ye World God. He then headed for the Asura Realm to confront the Sun Devouring Demon God, while news of the two deaths stirred the Xuan Yuan Realm.

• Xiao Yan confronted the Night Owl World God and revealed that he had inherited the Flame Heaven Great Emperor’s legacy.
• Xiao Yan killed the Night Owl World God with a flaming spear despite his appeal to the Xuan Yuan Emperor.
• Xiao Yan entered the Huang Ye Great World and defeated the Huang Ye World God after displaying the perfected Flame God Mantra.
• Xiao Yan crushed the Huang Ye World God’s Divine Soul and took his treasures.
• Xiao Yan set off for the Asura Realm to kill the Sun Devouring Demon God, and news of the two World Gods’ deaths spread through the Xuan Yuan Realm.

Xiao Yan entered the Asura Demon Domain and destroyed the Sun Devouring Great World while avenging the Flame Heaven World. As Asura Great Demon God attacked him, Xuan Yuan Emperor intervened and urged Xiao Yan to withdraw.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Sun Devouring Great World and struck its barrier with the Flame God Ruler, devastating the world and killing countless lifeforms.
• Xiao Yan slew the fleeing Demon Gods, including Sun Eater World God and Sun Eating Demon God, then killed the grievously injured Sun Devouring Demon God for his role in destroying the Flame Heaven World.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the World Destroying Fire Lotus, wiping out the remaining Demonic Path lifeforms and severely damaging the Sun Devouring Great World's World Origin.
• As Xiao Yan moved to extract the World Origin, Asura Great Demon God attacked him with blood-colored blade-lights.
• Xuan Yuan Emperor intercepted Asura Great Demon God's attack with divine swords and told Xiao Yan to withdraw.

Xiao Yan escaped the Asura Great Demon God after destroying the Sun Devouring Great World and absorbing some of its World Origin. In the Xuan Yuan Realm, he obtained Bodhi True Origin and then arrived at the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, intending to see Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Yan absorbed nearly thirty percent of the Sun Devouring Great World's World Origin before the Xuan Yuan Emperor brought him into his Profound Water Domain and escaped with him.
• The Asura Great Demon God recognized the destructive power of Xiao Yan's fire lotus technique and grew wary of his potential to reach the Dao Unification Realm.
• The Xuan Yuan Emperor hosted a banquet for Xiao Yan, who arranged to visit the Wind Spirit Creation God and asked the Bodhi Dao Ancestor for Bodhi True Origin.
• The Bodhi Dao Ancestor gave Xiao Yan Bodhi True Origin to help the Bodhi Ancestral Tree in his possession evolve further.
• Xiao Yan traveled to the Wind Spirit Great World and thought of finding Nalan Yanran at the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect.

Nalan Yanran remembered her past with Xiao Yan as the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect prepared to welcome him as the Flame Emperor. When she recognized him and forgot to bow, she risked punishment, but the Wind Spirit Creation God warmly greeted Xiao Yan.

• The Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect prepared a grand welcome for the Flame Emperor, and Nalan Yanran recalled how she had once known Xiao Yan on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Lin Yue and her companions derided Nalan Yanran, resenting her rapid cultivation and the favor she received from elders.
• A World God elder led the disciples in welcoming the Flame Emperor as Xiao Yan emerged from the void.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan and froze instead of bowing, drawing the World God's anger and delighting Lin Yue's group.
• The Wind Spirit Creation God laughed and welcomed Brother Xiao Yan to the sect.

Xiao Yan recognized Nalan Yanran at the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect’s welcoming ceremony and asked for her to be brought before him. Their reunion revealed to the stunned sect that the outer disciple had known the Flame Emperor long before, while Xiao Yan praised her teacher, Elder Qin, for protecting her.

• Nalan Yanran froze when she heard Xiao Yan’s name and stared toward him during the ceremony.
• Xiao Yan asked the Wind Spirit Creation God to summon Nalan Yanran, and the sect feared she would be punished.
• Elder Qin stepped forward to accept responsibility for her disciple and begged the two Creation Gods to spare Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan praised Elder Qin for standing up for Nalan Yanran and recalled the care of Yao Lao and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan greeted Nalan Yanran, and she returned his greeting, revealing their past acquaintance to the sect.
• The Wind Spirit Creation God asked Xiao Yan whether he had known Nalan Yanran before.

Xiao Yan reunited with Nalan Yanran and offered to take her back to visit her hometown, leaving the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect with her after the banquet. Their departure brought Elder Qin a promotion and brought Nalan Yanran back to the Flame God World, where she mistook the enormous world before her for the Dou Qi Continent.

• Xiao Yan confirmed that he and Nalan Yanran were old acquaintances, and Wind Spirit Creation God agreed to let her return home with him.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that Yun Yun and her family had missed her, and she accepted his offer to go back for a visit.
• Wind Spirit Creation God praised Elder Qin and appointed her to guard Wind God Valley, while Nalan Yanran's former rivals feared the consequences of having offended her.
• After a three-day banquet, Xiao Yan left the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect with Nalan Yanran and invited Elder Qin to visit the Flame God World.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran crossed the starry rivers and reached the outskirts of the Flame God World, where Nalan Yanran asked if it was the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Yan brought Nalan Yanran back to the transformed Flame God World, where she reunited with Yun Yun and visited her family. The chapter ended with Qing Yanjing telling Xiao Yan that their son Mu Chen had grown close to several girls.

• Xiao Yan showed Nalan Yanran the vast Flame God World, where powerful cultivators welcomed him as the Flame Emperor.
• Xiao Yan introduced Nalan Yanran to his daughter Xiao Yun, then Nalan Yanran tearfully reunited with Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran visited the Nalan Family and found that Nalan Jie and Nalan Zhan had become Dou Zuns.
• The Nalan Family celebrated Nalan Yanran's return and her cultivation, which gave them hope of producing a Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Yanjing about Mu Chen, and she said he had met a girl from the Goddess Luo Clan but was also close to Ling Xi and Nine Nether.

Xiao Yan used World Origin plundered from the Sun Devouring Great World to expand the Flame God World and strengthen its inhabitants, while the Bodhi Ancestral Tree reached its peak and the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning became an Innate God. He turned his attention to the next stage of expansion, planning to use half the World Origin of the Ancient Treasure Great World.

• Xiao Yan infused the Flame God World with the Sun Devouring Great World’s World Origin, expanding the world and helping the Bodhi Ancestral Tree break through to World God Peak.
• Nalan Yanran, Ya Fei, Nalan Jie, Yao Lao, Xun'er, and other cultivators advanced during three years of cultivation beneath the Bodhi Ancestral Tree.
• The Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning evolved into an Innate God, and Xiao Yan instructed him to cultivate patiently on the Bodhi Ancestral Tree.
• Xiao Yan surveyed the expanded Flame God World and noted that its Heavenly Sovereigns numbered over one hundred, while many of his allies had reached the limits of their potential.
• Xiao Yan prepared to continue expanding the Flame God World with half the World Origin of the Ancient Treasure Great World.

Over a century, the Flame God World expanded into a super Great World while Xiao Chen and other experts advanced in strength, and Lin Dong’s homeland evolved into the Martial Realm. Three years later, the Flame God World surpassed sixty billion li in diameter, and Xiao Yan prepared to break through to Dao Unification.

• Xiao Yan poured more Source Crystals into the Chaos Furnace, fueling the Flame God World’s continued evolution and expansion.
• Xiao Chen became the Great Thousand World’s third World God, while Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yi Xian, and other experts advanced to Half-Step Sovereign realms.
• Lin Dong’s Tian Yuan Continent crossed the threshold into a Great World and became the Martial Realm.
• The Flame God World grew to nearly sixty billion li in diameter, gaining hundreds of Heavenly Sovereigns and nearly ten Innate Gods.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that he expected to reach Dao Unification within two years.
• Three years later, the Flame God World exceeded sixty billion li in diameter, and Xiao Yan’s clones and incarnations gathered in its World Origin as he prepared to break through.

Xiao Yan expanded the Flame God World and used its abundant origin energy to break through to the Dao Unification Realm, becoming the Righteous Path Faction’s eleventh such expert. The Righteous Path welcomed him, while the Demonic Path’s seven Great Demon Gods resolved to fight over the territory he would claim; Xiao Yan then settled the territorial struggle with the other ten Righteous Path experts.

• Xiao Yan expanded the Flame God World to a diameter of sixty billion li and drew on its origin energy to break through to the Dao Unification Realm.
• Xiao Yan’s Great Dao of Fire resonance spread throughout the universe as he formed a Dao Body and Great Dao Domain.
• The ten Dao Unification Realm experts of the Righteous Path congratulated Xiao Yan, who invited them to the Flame God World.
• The seven Great Demon Gods discussed the Righteous Path’s growing advantage and, led by the Great Demon God of Destruction, chose to fight over territory.
• Xiao Yan settled the territorial struggle with the other ten Righteous Path experts.